In a prolonged Twitter thread, Agnès Callamard stated that “exterior the context of lively hostilities, using drones or different means for focused killing is sort of by no means more likely to be authorized,” including that the U.S. would wish to show the particular person focused constituted an imminent menace to others.

She additionally took situation with the justification for utilizing drones in a foreign country on the premise of self-defense.

This picture launched by the Iraqi Prime Minister Press Workplace reveals a burning automobile on the Baghdad Worldwide Airport following an airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, early Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. The Pentagon stated Thursday that the U.S. army has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the pinnacle of Iran’s elite Quds Pressure, on the course of President Donald Trump.(Iraqi Prime Minister Press Workplace through AP)